1997 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS (17-11)
| NO | PLAYER | GP-GS | MIN | FG-FA | FG% | 3FG-3FA | FG% | FT-FA | FT% | OFF | DEF | TOT/AVG | AST | PF-DQ | STL | TO | BLK | PTS/AVG |
| #13 | Witherspoon | 28-28 | 867 | 140-345 | .406 | 44-126 | .349 | 83-111 | .748 | 30 | 54 | 84/3.0 | 64 | 62-0 | 49 | 77 | 7 | 407/ 14.5 |
| #50 | Lobo | 28-28 | 939 | 133-354 | .376 | 18-63 | .286 | 64-105 | .610 | 62 | 141 | 203/7.3 | 53 | 73-1 | 26 | 88 | 51 | 348/12.4 |
| #34 | Hampton | 28-28 | 663 | 99-210 | .471 | 0-1 | .000 | 73-114 | .640 | 52 | 111 | 163/5.8 | 38 | 68-1 | 39 | 49 | 19 | 271/9.7 |
| #55 | Johnson | 26-25 | 789 | 108-269 | .401 | 4-21 | .190 | 27-35 | .771 | 46 | 64 | 110/4.2 | 66 | 52-0 | 19 | 49 | 4 | 247/9.5 |
| #11 | Weatherspoon | 28-28 | 924 | 64-137 | .467 | 3-35 | .086 | 65-100 | .650 | 25 | 91 | 116/4.1 | 172 | 72-0 | 85 | 94 | 2 | 196/7.0 |
| #13 | Trice | 28-0 | 340 | 51-92 | .554 | 2-8 | .250 | 30-45 | .667 | 32 | 36 | 68/2.4 | 2 | 65-0 | 9 | 40 | 9 | 134/4.8 |
| #5 | Ford | 28-3 | 473 | 43-114 | .377 | 3-20 | .150 | 27-44 | .614 | 28 | 20 | 48/1.7 | 25 | 56-1 | 28 | 38 | 5 | 116/4.1 |
| #44 | Wicks | 28-0 | 332 | 38-107 | .355 | 2-7 | .286 | 22-33 | .667 | 36 | 58 | 94/3.4 | 29 | 52-0 | 17 | 46 | 18 | 100/3.6 |
| #10 | Blades | 28-0 | 290 | 25-70 | .357 | 17-54 | .315 | 13-20 | .650 | 6 | 15 | 21/0.8 | 30 | 55-1 | 14 | 39 | 1 | 80/2.9 |
| #13 | Perazic-Gipe | 9-0 | 47 | 5-13 | .385 | 0-3 | .000 | 0-0 | .000 | 2 | 9 | 11/1.2 | 4 | 1-0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10/1.1 |
| #22 | Crumpton-Moorer | 2-0 | 11 | 1-4 | .250 | 0-1 | .000 | 0-0 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2/1.0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/1.0 |
| LIBERTY | 28-28 | 5675 | 707-1715 | .412 | 93-339 | .274 | 404-607 | .666 | 320 | 600 | 920/32.9 | 484 | 556-4 | 289 | 536 | 116 | 1911/68.3 | |
| OPPONENTS | 28-28 | 5675 | 661-1690 | .391 | 106-320 | .331 | 416-564 | .738 | 327 | 604 | 931/33.3 | 397 | 563-3 | 278 | 570 | 87 | 1844/65.9 |
1997 PLAYOFF STATISTICS (1-1)
| NO | PLAYER | GP-GS | MIN | FG-FA | FG% | 3FG-3FA | FG% | FT-FA | FT% | OFF | DEF | TOT/AVG | AST | PF-DQ | STL | TO | BLK | PTS/AVG |
| #34 | Hampton | 2-2 | 65 | 10-19 | .526 | 0-0 | .000 | 7-10 | .700 | 5 | 22 | 27/13.5 | 1 | 2-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 27/13.5 |
| #50 | Lobo | 2-2 | 68 | 9-21 | .429 | 0-3 | .000 | 7-12 | .583 | 5 | 13 | 18/9.0 | 4 | 8-0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 25/12.5 |
| #55 | Johnson | 2-2 | 68 | 11-26 | .423 | 0-1 | .000 | 1-2 | .500 | 5 | 7 | 12/6.0 | 4 | 6-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23/11.5 |
| #13 | Witherspoon | 2-2 | 65 | 5-18 | .278 | 2-5 | .400 | 0-0 | .000 | 2 | 8 | 10/5.0 | 5 | 7-0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12/6.0 |
| #11 | Weatherspoon | 2-2 | 75 | 5-10 | .500 | 0-2 | .000 | 0-2 | .000 | 1 | 2 | 3/1.5 | 10 | 6-0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 10/5.0 |
| #13 | Trice | 2-0 | 16 | 4-5 | .800 | 0-0 | .000 | 1-1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 2/1.0 | 0 | 5-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9/4.5 |
| #44 | Wicks | 2-0 | 11 | 2-6 | .333 | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 4/2.0 | 1 | 4-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4/2.0 |
| #10 | Blades | 1-0 | 13 | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0/0.0 | 2 | 1-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0/0.0 |
| #5 | Ford | 2-0 | 19 | 0-5 | .000 | 0-1 | .000 | 0-0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1/0.5 | 1 | 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0/0.0 |
| LIBERTY | 2-2 | 400 | 46-110 | .418 | 2-12 | .167 | 16-27 | .593 | 20 | 57 | 77/38.5 | 28 | 42-0 | 14 | 34 | 10 | 110/55.0 | |
| OPPONENTS | 2-2 | 400 | 37-121 | .306 | 5-25 | .200 | 27-39 | .692 | 23 | 40 | 63/31.5 | 15 | 31-0 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 106/53.0 |
SCHEDULE/RESULTS
| JUNE | |||||
| 21 | at Los Angeles | W | 67-57 | 1-0 | W1 |
| 23 | at Sacramento | W | 73-62 | 2-0 | W2 |
| 26 | at Houston | W | 62-60 (OT) | 3-0 | W3 |
| 29 | PHOENIX | W | 65-57 | 4-0 | W4 |
| JULY | |||||
| 2 | HOUSTON | W | 70-67 | 5-0 | W5 |
| 4 | at Houston | W | 65-58 | 6-0 | W6 |
| 5 | at Utah | W | 66-63 | 7-0 | W7 |
| 7 | at Phoenix | L | 50-69 | 7-1 | L1 |
| 9 | at Charlotte | L | 69-87 | 7-2 | L2 |
| 10 | CHARLOTTE | W | 62-48 | 8-2 | W1 |
| 14 | at Cleveland | W | 68-57 | 9-2 | W2 |
| 15 | CLEVELAND | W | 76-59 | 10-2 | W3 |
| 17 | UTAH | W | 80-54 | 11-2 | W4 |
| 19 | LOS ANGELES | W | 69-57 | 12-2 | W5 |
| 22 | UTAH | L | 71-78 | 12-3 | L1 |
| 23 | at Charlotte | W | 65-63 | 13-3 | W1 |
| 26 | CHARLOTTE | L | 61-64 | 13-4 | L1 |
| 30 | SACRAMENTO | W | 73-68 (OT) | 14-4 | W1 |
| AUGUST | |||||
| 2 | PHOENIX | W | 78-70 | 15-4 | W1 |
| 5 | LOS ANGELES | L | 50-67 | 15-5 | L1 |
| 10 | at Sacramento | L | 69-76 | 15-6 | L2 |
| 12 | at Phoenix | L | 67-77 | 15-7 | L3 |
| 15 | SACRAMENTO | W | 79-63 | 16-7 | W1 |
| 17 | HOUSTON | L | 55-70 | 16-8 | L1 |
| 19 | at Utah | L | 75-81 | 16-9 | L2 |
| 20 | at Los Angeles | L | 76-78 | 16-10 | L3 |
| 23 | at Cleveland | L | 71-72 | 16-11 | L4 |
| 24 | CLEVELAND | W | 79-72 (OT) | 17-11 | W1 |
| WNBA Smifinals | |||||
| 28 | at Phoenix | W | 59-41 | ||
| WNBA Finals | |||||
| 30 | at Houston | L | 52-65 | ||
TRANSACTIONS
January 7
Carol Blazejowski is named Vice President and General Manager of the New York WNBA team.
January 22
Rebecca Lobo (F/C) and Teresa Weatherspoon (G) are assigned to the WNBA’s New York franchise in the league’s first player allocation.
February 13
The franchise announced that the New York team will be called the Liberty and unveiled the team’s logo.
February 27
Kym Hampton (F/C) is selected in the first round (fourth overall) of the WNBA Elite Draft.
Vickie Johnson (G/F) is selected in the second round (12th overall) of the WNBA Elite Draft.
April 28
Sue Wicks (F) is selected in the first round (sixth overall) of the Inaugural WNBA Draft.
Sophia Witherspoon (G) is selected in the second round (11th overall) of the Inaugural WNBA Draft.
Trena Trice (F/C) is selected in the third round (22nd overall) of the Inaugural WNBA Draft.
Kisha Ford (G/F) is selected in the fourth round (27th overall) of the Inaugural WNBA Draft.
April 29
Nancy Darsch is named Head Coach.
May 21
The WNBA unveiled the uniforms for its eight charter teams at Madison Square Garden.
May 22
Rhonda Blades (G) is selected by New York following the Liberty’s local try-outs at the College of Staten Island.
Jasmina Perazic-Gipe (G/F) is selected by New York following the Liberty’s local try-outs at the College of Staten Island.
May 27
Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer (G/F), Simone Edwards (C), and Diana Vines (G/F) are assigned to the Liberty as a developmental players.
May 28
Melissa McFerrin is named Assistant Coach.
June 16
Diana Vines (G/F) is waived.
August 11
Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer (G/F) is activated from the developmental squad.
Jasmina Perazic-Gipe (G/F) is waived.